2014 Red Wine from Cote De Beaune

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Fremiets has a glorious nose that has mustered a little more va-va-voom since I tasted it from barrel last year. It lets rip with Morello cherries, fresh strawberry and a pastille-like purity. It...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (90-92 points) The 2014 Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru comes from two blended parcels and sees around 20% new oak. It has more density than the village cru on the nose: blackberry and light stony scents, perhaps just a touch of...

Vinous, 91 points: (ST89-91 points) Dark ruby-red. Very primary, ripe aromas of black raspberry, blueberry and chocolate show a touch of animal fur reduction. Sweet and chocolatey in the mouth but a bit chunky today. The wine's substantial...

Vinous, 90 points: (90+) Good dark red Mellow aromas of raspberry and mocha complicated by hints of leather and game; distinctly less wild than the Beaune Grèves L'Enfant Jésus Juicy on entry, then youthfully tight and imploded but pure...

Vinous, 92 points: (ST89-92 points) Bright medium red with ruby highlights. Liqueur-like aromas of cherry, boysenberry, meaty plum, spices and smoky oak. A bit more red and less primary than the darker Clos de la Bousse d'Or. Suaver in...

Burghound, 94 points: (BH91-94 points) A discreet application of wood easily allows the fresh, earthy, herbal tea and sauvage-scented nose of red and dark pinot fruit. As one would expect the big-bodied flavors are markedly bigger and more...

Vinous, 90 points: (ST88-90 points) (Dugat made 7 barrels in 2014, vs. a normal 10 to 12, owing to hail losses): Medium red. Expressive aromas of redcurrant, tobacco and red licorice. Sweet and ripe in the middle, with red berry and brown...

Vinous, 95 points: (93-95 points) Deep ruby-red. Very dark aromas and flavors of medicinal black cherry, crushed rock and licorice pastille. Wonderfully rich and deep, combining a fine-grained texture with superb inner-palate energy. For...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (WA90-92 points) The 2014 Pommard 1er Cru les Grands Epenots has a rather extravagant bouquet, especially for a Pommard, with showy red cherries, raspberry coulis and orange sorbet scents that are nicely defined. This is...

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Firm and taut, with a layer of tannins shoring up the cherry and blackberry fruit. Earth and spice accents enter as this builds to a long finish. Classy overall, yet showing some muscle. Best from 2022 through 2033. 69...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (WA90-92 points) The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Santenots has a fragrant nose of blackcurrant pastilles and crushed violet -- all very tightly wound at the moment. The palate is compact on the entry but well defined with...

Burghound, 93 points: This is even more prominently sauvage in character with its fresh if restrained nose of various dark berries along with plenty of earth and humus influences. Like all of these 2014s, the big-bodied flavors possess a sleek...